IPL 2023 Updated points table, Orange cap & Purple cap after Match 19 between KKR & SRH

Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Kolkata Knight Riders by 23 runs in the 19th match of IPL 2023 despite best efforts of Nitish Rana.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) secured their second win of the IPL 2023 as they defeated Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in their own den in Eden Gardens Kolkata on April 14, 2023.

Nitish Rana, the captain of KKR, won the toss and decided to bowl first while fielding an unchanged lineup. In contrast, SRH substituted Abhishek Sharma for Washington Sundar.

With the wickets of Mayank Agarwal for 9 runs and the dangerous Rahul Tripathi for 9 runs as well, who hit two boundaries in his first over alone, Andre Russell gave KKR the perfect start in the meantime. However, SRH skipper Aiden Markram joined Harry Brook in his confident scoring streak.

Abhishek Sharma, who was batting out of position, followed Markram, who made 50 in 26 balls before succumbing to Varun Chakravarthy. Sharma scored 32 in 17 balls with three fours and two sixes.

Harry Brook, however, continued to batter the KKR bowlers all over Eden Gardens, hitting 12 fours and three sixes during his innings. Despite being extremely exhausted from the intense heat in Kolkata, Brook eventually surpassed the 100-run milestone in 55 balls, which is the first century in IPL 2023.

As SRH reached 228/4 in 20 overs, Heinrich Klaasen scored 16 runs in 6 balls. Andre Russell was the best bowler for KKR, finishing with 3/22, however, he had to leave the pitch after only 2.1 overs.

In reply, Bhuvneshwar Kumar got rid of Rahmanullah Gurbaz for a duck in the first over. And while N Jagadeesan hit 36 in 21 balls, Marco Jansen hurt KKR big with the wickets of Venkatesh Iyer for 10 and Sunil Narine for a duck.

Mayank Markande then got the wicket of Jagadeesan to put KKR back in the chase and then also accounted for the dangerous Andre Russell for 3 runs.

Nitish Rana played an excellent hand of 75 in 41 balls with 6 sixes and 5 fours to his name, before getting out to Natarajan. This left Rinku Singh once again to try and do the unthinkable. He finished with a valiant 58* in 31 balls with 4 sixes and 4 fours, but KKR could only make 205/7 and lost the match by 23 runs.

IPL 2023 Updated Points Table:

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) registered their second win in four matches to move up to the 7th spot in the IPL 2023 point table with a NRR of -0.822. Kolkata Knight Riders remain at 4th place while last year's finalist Rajasthan Royals (RR) occupy the top spot.

IPL 2023 Updated Orange cap holder:

There was no change to the list of most run-getters in the IPL 2023. PBKS Captain Shikhar Dhawan still remains the Orange Cap holder with 233 runs. Dhawan is leading by 24 runs against the second place, which is currently occupied by David Warner with 209 runs in 4 innings. Royals opener Jos Buttler is at the third spot with 204 runs. Chennai’s Ruturaj Gaikwad is at fourth place with 197 runs.  

IPL 2023 Updated Purple cap holder:

Like the Orange Cap list, the Purple Cap list for most wickets remained unchanged as Yuzvendra Chahal of RR rules the roost with 10 scalps. Following him are Mark Wood of LSG and Rashid Khan of GT with 9 wickets apiece. Titans’ Alzarri Joseph is in the fourth spot with 7 wickets, while Punjab Kings’ Arshdeep Singh is placed 5th with 7 wickets.

Who will face who on double-header Saturday on April 15?

April 15 being a Saturday will have double the fun of two matches in IPL 2023. The first match will see the winless Delhi Capitals traveling to Bengaluru to face Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the day encounter.

On the other hand, Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) will clash with Punjab Kings (PBKS) in what can be said an exciting encounter at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in a night match.